LICHALP

Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James s.lat.

Syn.: Lecanora benacensis (A. Massal.) Jatta, Lecanora cartilaginea (With.) Ach., Lecanora crassa (Huds.) Ach., Lecanora crassa (Huds.) Ach. var. caespitosa (Vill.) Rabenh., Lichen cartilagineus With., Parmularia crassa (Huds.) Croz., Placodium crassum (Huds.) Link, Placolecanora crassa (Huds.) B. de Lesd., Psoroma benacense A. Massal., Psoroma crassum (Huds.) Gray, Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James f. pseudocrassa Mattick, Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P. James var. pseudocrassa (Mattick) D. Hawksw., Squamaria crassa (Huds.) DC., Squamarina crassa (Huds.) Poelt, Squamarina crassa (Huds.) Poelt f. pseudocrassa (Mattick) Poelt

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a mainly southern, chemically variable species found on calcareous rocks and soil, mostly in dry grasslands; widespread throughout the Alps.